ROCK HILL, S.C. - UNC Asheville senior Nicole Schon was honored by the Big South Conference last night at the league's awards banquet on the eve of the 2011 Big South Conference Women's Tennis Championship at Winthrop University.

Schon earned a spot of the Big South All-Academic team for her work in the classroom. Nicole made the nine-person team as she has enjoyed an excellent academic career at UNC Asheville. She has been a starter for the Bulldogs in both singles and doubles this year for the Bulldogs.

Schon and her teammates face second-seeded Coastal Carolina today at 3 p.m. at the Winthrop Tennis Facility in the quartefinals of the championships.